Haiti suffers from a significant disease burden, with many NTDs endemic to the region including: lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), dengue fever, and soil transmitted helminths (intestinal worms). Nearly fifty percent of Haitians live in urban and peri-urban communities where poverty combines with the conditions of unsafe water, poor sanitation, and the proliferation of animal reservoirs and vectors. The earthquake will only exacerbate an already terrible burden.